Time for Another Update

It’s been almost a week now so I guess I should do an update too, like Kim, David Jr., and Marisa, I’ve almost gotten to the point of just checking Spanky’s blog once a month or once every two months, hint hint hint!
Still here in Acton, this Soledad Canyon Thousand Trails has got to be just about the most boring of places with the most unfriendly of people in any campground. (a lot of California campgrounds are like that) Most of the 1000 Trails in the other states the people are very friendly, Californians are basically unfriendly. Enough complaining about that. We did get to play Pickle Ball with another couple on Monday, Frank and Elona. Frank has been playing for 3 years and his wife was just learning, Frank is very good and he was telling us all about the tournaments that go on in some of the 1000 Trails parks. Come to find out the one we are at is big on Pool Tournaments and not much Pickle Ball playing, no dah! Dave and I would try and go during the week but the winds here have been really bad. The wind wasn’t blowing in the morning on Friday so we tried to play but Dave’s heel hurts him so bad, he just kept limping around.
We went to the movies Tuesday and saw “What Happens in Vegas” cute movie that’s about all I can say about it, Wednesday and Thursday just hung out. Yesterday we went to the movies again and saw National Treasure, Book of Secrets entertaining but very unrealistic. After the movie we went to Costco got a Hot Dog then headed for the baseball game. Found out that the Red Sox’s have a Class “A” Affiliate baseball team here called the “Jet Hawks” and guess who is here playing against them for the next 5 days? OK, never mind you won’t guess it because I have never heard of them but it is the “Bakersfield Blaze” who‘d have thunk? He he. Our seats were just left of the batter’s box 3 rows back from the infield. Bakersfield got their butts kicked, they scored 1 run in the 1st then let the Jet Hawks score 8 runs in the 2nd, I almost felt like I was at a Dodger Game. I remember when going to a Dodger game with mom and pop and if the other team scored like that against the Dodger’s pop would be saying “let’s go home they lost already” I felt like that with the Blaze, believe me it was a long game, it ended up being 9 to 2 game. Thank goodness during each inning the park does little entertaining things for you to watch. They had lots of kids there so they had them race across the field, they had frozen t-shirts contest to see who could put it on 1st, dance contest, just a bunch of stupid stuff. At the end of the game they had the tennis ball toss, which was you purchased tennis balls, $1 each for donation, and each tennis ball was assigned a number at the end of the game they put hula hoops all around the infield and everyone at once would throw their tennis balls and tried to get it to land in the hoops. Each hoop has its own gift certificate so who ever landed in the hoop won that prize and it doesn’t matter how many land in it they all win the prize, like I said stupid stuff but fun. Then they had a fireworks show, they do that every Friday night on home games. Saturday nights are giveaway nights to the 1st 1,500 people; they weren’t even close to 1000 people last night. Sunday is Noise Maker Day, you bring a box of macaroni & cheese from Food 4 Less and you shake it to make noise then you donate the box to help fight hunger. Monday is “Feed you face Monday” which is you buy the ticket for the reserve section ($12.00) and for $10.00 you get to eat all the hot dogs, hamburgers, popcorn and peanuts you want the whole game. Nothing on Tuesday, they don’t play that day but wait; Wednesday is Weight Loss Day, probably after all the crap you ate at Monday night’s game. What you get to do is walk the warning track from 6 to 6:30pm, personally that isn’t enough time walking to walk off all of those calories. :) I don’t believe they play every Thursday but this Thursday is called Education Day Game – Skip work and enjoy the ballgame. By the way, if you buy the $12.00 tickets they give you a menu and take your food order and bring it to you, can you imagine?

One more thing and I’ll cut this boring blog off, Dave fell going out of the coach the other day. He got his right foot too close to the edge of the top step and slipped right on down, the door was closed so he didn’t keep going, and he ended up on his back on the passenger sit. Maybe that’s why his heel hurts, plus the shoulder hurts because of the Wii and playing Tennis and Bowling, I don’t know I just might have to trade him in and get a younger model. The Golf Game on the Wii is about the only game that doesn’t hurt his shoulder, but it isn’t much exercise either.